Benazir Bhutto

Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto
بينظير بُھٹو‎
Bhutto in 2006
11th and 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan
In office 18 October 1993 – 5 November 1996
President	Wasim Sajjad (acting) Farooq Leghari
Preceded by	Nawaz Sharif Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (Caretaker)
Succeeded by	Malik Meraj Khalid (Caretaker) Nawaz Sharif
In office 2 December 1988 – 6 August 1990
President	Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Preceded by	Muhammad Khan Junejo
Succeeded by	Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (caretaker) Nawaz Sharif
Other political offices Leader of the Opposition In office 17 February 1997 – 12 October 1999 Preceded by Nawaz Sharif Succeeded by Fazl-ur-Rehman In office 6 November 1990 – 18 April 1993 Preceded by Khan Abdul Wali Khan Succeeded by Nawaz Sharif Chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party In office 12 November 1982 – 27 December 2007 Preceded by Nusrat Bhutto Succeeded by Asif Ali Zardari Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Personal details
Born	(1953-06-21)21 June 1953 Karachi, Federal Capital Territory, Pakistan
Died	27 December 2007(2007-12-27) (aged 54) Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Cause of death	Gunshot wounds
Resting place	Bhutto family mausoleum
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan People's Party
Spouse(s)	Asif Ali Zardari ​ (m. 1987)​
Relations	Bhutto family Zardari family
Children	Bilawal Bakhtawar Aseefa
Parents	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Nusrat Bhutto
Education	Radcliffe College, Harvard (AB) Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (BA) St Catherine's College, Oxford (MSt)
Signature
Nickname(s)	BB Iron Lady

Benazir Bhutto (21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who became the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan. She served from 1988 to 1990 and then from 1993 to 1996. She made history as the first woman to lead a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country. She was Pakistan’s first female prime minister and till this date, the only female prime minister.^[1][2] Benazir Bhutto was a liberal and a secularist, and she played a significant role in the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from the early 1980s until she was killed in 2007.

1. ↑ "First female Prime Minister of a Muslim country". Centre of Democracy. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
2. ↑ "Benazir Bhutto | Biography, Assassination, Husband, & Son | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2023-12-23. Retrieved 2024-01-08.